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Giappone
Mitsubishi Motors admits employees falsified fuel-efficiency data
The automaker says its workers faked test results for four minicars for which manufacturing and sales have now been suspended. The post Mitsubishi Motors admits employees falsified fuel-efficiency data appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Dollar eases below ¥109 in Tokyo
The dollar eased below ¥109 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, as the yen attracted safe-haven demand following falls in crude oil and Chinese stock prices. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥108.91-91, down from ¥109.13-14 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.1362-1363, up from $1.1326-1327, and ...
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USA Giappone
Tokyo stocks rise on firmer U.S. equities
Stocks gained ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, supported by an overnight rise in the key stock index in the United States. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 32.10 points, or 0.19 percent, to close at 16,906.54. On Tuesday, the key market gauge surged 598.49 points. The Topix index of ...
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Giappone
Japanese whisky at ¥100,000 a bottle driving rice farmers to the drink
Japan’s burgeoning whisky business is driving rice farmer Hiroshi Tsubouchi to hit the booze. With domestic rice consumption sliding, Tsubouchi, 36, says he is getting on the whisky bandwagon — or, at least, switching to the barley used to make it. With Japanese whiskies ranking among the best — and ...
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Giappone
EU-Japan FTA deal hinges on Tokyo’s political will: EU commissioner
The European Union’s agriculture commissioner, Phil Hogan, says a successfully concluded free trade agreement this year between the 28-nation bloc and Japan will depend on the political will of the Japanese government. Hogan called for an earlier conclusion of an EU-Japan free trade pact, while Tokyo is currently engaged in ...
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Giappone
Loeb’s pick to run 7-Eleven operator faces next task: boosting margins
The head of 7-Eleven convenience stores in Japan survived an attempt by his boss to remove him and emerged as president at Seven & I Holdings Co. His next hurdles: turn around weaker units and navigate a leadership transition at the country’s largest retailer. Ryuichi Isaka’s promotion Tuesday ended weeks ...
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Cina Giappone
Chinese Twitter users up in arms over executive’s ties to PLA, state security apparatus
Chinese Twitter users have expressed concerns over the company’s appointment of a China regional executive who has a background working with the country’s military and state security apparatus. Since last week, when Kathy Chen was appointed Twitter’s first managing director for China, Chinese users of the U.S. microblogging site have ...
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Giappone
Japan’s trade deficit down 88% in fiscal 2015 on cheaper oil imports
Japan’s trade deficit in fiscal 2015 through March plunged 88.2 percent from a year earlier to ¥1.08 trillion ($9.9 billion), helped largely by a fall in the cost of crude oil imports, the government said Wednesday. The value of exports fell 0.7 percent for the first decline in three years ...
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Ecuador
Corte de EE.UU. dispone que Irán pague 2000 millones de dólares a víctimas de terrorismo
Por seis votos contra dos, la Suprema Corte de Justicia de los Estados Unidos ha dispuesto que Irán pague un total de 2000 millones de dólares para las víctimas y familiares de ciudadanos estadounidenses fallecidos por un ataque terrorista cometido en 1983. PUEDES VER: Nazi de Noruega gana juicio por recibir "trato inhumano" ...
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Nigeria
Somos Perú rompe alianza con APP y deja a militantes decisión libre de voto en segunda vuelta
El partido Somos Perú decidió alejarse de la Alianza para el Progreso del Perú (APP), formada al inicio de las elecciones generales. El partido también dejó a sus militantes la libre elección en la segunda vuelta de estas elecciones. PUEDES VER: APP afirma que se midió con distinta vara casos de César ...